Lucky me, I have German ancestors on both my maternal and paternal lines!I am currently researching the names SICK and SELL in Schleswig-Holstein, SCHNEIDER in Hessen and KUNDERS (Conard) in North Rhineland - Westphalia.I enjoy doing German research and trying to remember some of the high school Germanlanguage that I took oh so long ago.

Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Picture this – the day before my sister and I were to head
off to Germany with our 79-almost-80 year-old mother, the whole trip is in
jeopardy. Mom hit her arm and has
developed a huge bruise which goes all the way down to her fingertips. As a
result, her white cell count is elevated, but she is bound and determined to go
no matter what – this is the trip of a lifetime and she’s not going to let this
stop her. Yes, we had trip insurance,
but none of us wanted to cancel. We
agreed to visit the hospital and if she could get the ok to travel, we were
going. When the doctor said that he had
seen bruises like that many times and that he “wouldn’t let that stop him from
going to Germany,” the trip was on! We
left the next day for our great adventure.

Our main goal was to visit our ancestors’ villages and get in some sightseeing along the way.One of the first churches that we visited was St. Laurentius Church in Süsel, Schleswig-Holstein.

My 6th Great-Grandfather, Timm Sick and his wife, Marie Lisbet Schumacher, were married here on 11 May 1754.

Many Sick family members were baptized and married in this beautiful little parish church.It was an incredible feeling to be in the same spot where they once stood.

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I have always been interested in my family history. I think I started actually working on it in 1976 with one of those pre-printed books where you fill in the blanks. The serious work didn't start until about 1993, and I have been addicted ever since.